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The Secret Lies in The Fact That The Minerals Are Bound Together Into a Larger
Feb 8, 2014Engineers intrigued by the toughness of mollusc shells, which are composed of brittle minerals, have found inspiration in their structure to make glass 200 times stronger than a standard pane. Counter-intuitively, the glass is ...
Tags: AFP, 3D, Nature Communication, brittleness
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MoS2 Had an Edge as a Transistor Material
Jan 24, 2014When molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) entered the conversation related to two-dimensional (2-D) alternatives to graphene in electronic applications, some thought that MoS2 had an edge as a transistor material. That thought was inspired by the ...
Tags: MoS2, Nature Communication, semiconductor, CVD
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Tiny "Bio-Bots" Inspired by Sperm Could Swim Inside The Human Body to Deliver Drugs
Jan 24, 2014Tiny "bio-bots" inspired by sperm could swim inside the human body to deliver drugs or target cancer someday. The swimming bio-hybrid machines move by combining live heart cells with the flexible body of a synthetic polymer. Past research ...
Tags: Bio-Bots, DNA, molecule, Nature Communication
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Plutonium Cycle in The Atmosphere
Jan 8, 2014Plutonium cycle in the atmosphere. Credit: : J.A. Corcho Alvarado Levels of radioactive plutonium in Earth's stratosphere from nuclear tests and accidents is higher than previously thought, but probably not dangerous to humans, ...
Tags: radioactive plutonium, nuclear tests, radioactive atoms, pollution
